... st of the town of Namche Bazar, close to Mount Everest, Reuters reported, citing the US Geological Survey which put the magnitude at 7.4. People in the capital Kathmandu rushed out on to the streets a ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
... for a new town development project, said she is baffled by the decision to drop the probe. She said she cannot understand why the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has dropped the case ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
Massive chunks of whitish foam have covered the lake in the Indian town of Varthur, east of Bangalore City, and is now overflowing on to the roads. The froth looks like soap bubbles, but it's somethin ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... rough the town of Wellesley, AP reported. The women of Wellesley College traditionally offer kisses to runners. After the race on April 20, her daughter went onto social media to try to find the man. ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... a sleepy town into an Asian economic powerhouse. US President Barack Obama called him a giant of history and a visionary. When Lee died, no democratic leader criticized him for his authoritarian rule ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
... e tourist town of Puerto Varas, erupted for the second time in a day on Thursday after being dormant for more than 40 years. The first eruption on Wednesday sent a thick plume of ash and smoke several ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
Hong Kong's Town Planning Board is said to have granted approval to the owner of the century-old mansion at 27 Lugard Road in The Peak to turn it into a monument hotel, but with several conditions. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... nto a new town similar to Fanling or Sheung Shui that can accommodate about 450,000 people and provide about 100,000 jobs. Legislative Council documents show the authorities will present the study wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... Kwun Tong town center renewal and the Hai Tan Street project in Sham Shui Po, where hundreds of households and shops were evicted to make way for a luxury residential development. The URA has been mak ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... trol of a town and held them in houses or prisons. A 19-year-old woman told Amnesty how she had been abducted at a wedding in September 2014 alongside the bride and the bride's sister and then held at ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
The Hong Kong government is said to have submitted proposals to the District Council and Town Planning Board for replacement of a number of low-density buildings in the Admiralty and Central districts ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
... Tuen Mun Town Plaza in February. The other two students, aged 16 and 22, have denied charges of obstructing police officers in carrying out their duties and assaulting police officers on Feb. 8. They ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... ed by the Town Planning Board as a non-polluting industry. A representative of My Storage said Lands Department staff conducted a spot check at his warehouse last year to see if the unit had been subd ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
Residents of Tokyo will get a chance to zip around town on Toyota Motor Corp.'s three-wheeled electric car-motorbike from Friday, Reuters reported. The six-month experiment by the world's top-selling ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... y game in town may be continued quantitative easing. But the ongoing weakness of the euro – fed by such policies – is fueling growth in the eurozone’s current account surplus. Indeed, as the euro weak ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... ws' cross town rival, the New York Post, is owned by Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate News Corp. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
... with the Town Planning Board to redevelop its 15-storey warehouse in Chai Wan into a columbarium. The proposed Island Memorial Center seeks to provide 120,000 columbarium niches. As to be expected, t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... cultural town at the Hengqin New Area near Macau, which is expected to be completed by early 2018. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on March 26. Translation by Vey Wong [Chines ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... n Kennedy Town on the west side of Hong Kong Island, was recently leased for HK$8,500 a month. Earlier this month, a parking spot in Shun Tak Centre in Sheung Wan changed hands for HK$4 million. Land ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
A senior government official and members of his family have filed applications with the Town Planning Board to build five houses in a village near a beach in Sai Kung, raising concerns that their appr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
